THE CORRECT ANSWER IS (A). EXAMINE EACH OF THESE WORDS FORMEANING,...
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The correct answer is (A).
Examine each of these words for
meaning, connotation, and nuance. Choice (B), unhappy, and
choice (C), troubled, are a little bit true, but not intense enough
to describe the speaker’s emotional state. Distressed, choice (D),
is also a little too mild an adjective for this poem. Undoubtedly
the oppressed people are very angry, but that emotion is not
expressed in this poem, ruling out choice (E). Only choice (A),
anguished, most truly expresses the intensity and the depth of
the pain felt by the speaker.